The replica HMS Beagle will make her first voyage around the south coast of England, to the sites significant in the history of the original. From Milford Haven she will sail to Devonport from where she departed for the 1831-36 voyage. From there she will sail to the River Thames, to Woolwich where the original was launched in 1820. From where Beagle was launched we will sail to where her remains are though to lie, near Paglesham on the River Roach at Paglesham in Essex.

The original HMS Beagle didn't make it to North America, but Darwin did send two of The Origin of Species to Harvard University. We feel it would be right to celebrate the 150th anniversary of these famous items of post by sailing across the Atlantic to Boston and delivering a facsimile of the first edition of the Origin of Species.

After these shakedown voyages, the replica Beagle will set sail to re-stage the 1831-36 Voyage of the Beagle, a circumnavigation of the globe. The Beagle will be crewed by young scientists following Charles Darwin's intellectual journey and making new discovering using modern scientific equipment and techniques.
Voyage contact details:
The HMS Beagle Trust is a not for profit company limited by guarantee.
Registered office: The Stableyard, Lawrenny, Pembrokeshire, SA68 0PW. Charitable status pending.
Patrons: Lord Julian Hunt CB, MA, PhD, FIMA, FRS • Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, CBE, RD
Lord Richard Livsey CBE, DL